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Nickel Plate Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069991
MRDS ID W007817
Record type Site
Current site name Nickel Plate Prospect
Related records 10168258

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.0358, 48.64708 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 31 MI N. OF NEWPORT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pend Oreille(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orwig Hump(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Priest(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 061N 005W 07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • DRIFT NEAR N. BASE OF MOUNTAIN AND ANOTHER UP ON MOUNTAIN FLANK; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION; LAT-LONGS RECALCULATED FROM UTM'S

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Epidote, Garnet

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Diorite
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Prichard Form.-Gneiss
    Rock description Prichard Form.-Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.0358, 48.64708
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Priest Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner N. J. Bostwick

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS AND SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 22 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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